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N. T. Wright Calls Gender Confusion A Modern Form of Gnosticism

December 6, 2017 by wagraham 1 Comment

New Testament Scholar and former Anglican Bishop, Tom Wright, wrote a letter to the editor of the London Times, arguing that gender fluidity is a “form of the ancient philosophy of Gnosticism.” He explains, “The Gnostic, one who “knows”, has discovered the secret of “who I really am”, behind the deceptive outward appearance (in Rifkind’s apt phrase, the “ungainly, boring, fleshy one”).”

According to Wright, part of this “knowing” involves denying the goodness of the natural world. The problem, he argues, is that nature “tends to strike back.” The next generation will become “confused adults” and will pay the price for this generation’s “fashionable fantasies.” [Read more…] about N. T. Wright Calls Gender Confusion A Modern Form of Gnosticism

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Gender, N. T. Wright

Review of The Righteousness of God by Charles Lee Irons

June 20, 2017 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Irons, Charles Lee. The Righteousness of God: A Lexical Examination of the Covenant-Faithfulness Interpretation. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe. Volume 386. Tübingen, DE: Mohr Siebeck, 2015. ISBN: 978-3-16-153518-5. Pp. xxiv–444.

Charles Lee Irons has written the book that I did not know that I needed but realized that I did after I read it. He accomplishes two things. First, he uncovers and traces the interpretive history of the New Perspective on Paul’s (NPP) interpretation of the righteousness of God. Having read N. T. Wright who proposes that the righteousness of God is a cipher for God’s covenant faithfulness, Irons’ history of interpretation helps me to read NPP scholarship and understand their interpretive grid. [Read more…] about Review of The Righteousness of God by Charles Lee Irons

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: N. T. Wright, New Perspective on Paul, Righteousness of God

N.T. Wright Talks to Eric Metaxas about the Day the Revolution Began

February 4, 2017 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Eric Metaxas recently invited N.T. Wright on his show to talk about Wright’s new book The Day the Revolution Began. I recently reviewed Wright’s work and couple of people had minor pushback against my critiques of Wright. I noted that N. T. Wright created either-ors that should have been both-ands as well as displacing the Protestant doctrine of penal substitution. On the positive side, I believe his work shows the grandness of the cross and the vocation that God has called us to.

Wright and Metaxas talk about the grandness of the cross, and I think it’s helpful to hear Wright’s perspective from his mouth.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Atonement, N. T. Wright

Book Review of N.T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began

February 2, 2017 by wagraham 10 Comments

Wright, N. T. The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’s Crucifixion. New York: HarperOne, 2016. Pp. viii + 440. ISBN: 978-0-06-233438-1. $35.99 CAN [Hardcover]. Source for Book Cover.

In The Day the Revolution Began, N. T. Wright challenges Protestantism’s theology of cross and replaces it with something else. That something else involves Jesus taking up the vocation of Israel to act as image-bearers and as worshippers of God. It also includes the forgiveness of sins, which brings freedom from the curse of the Torah (exile) and from the power of sin.

In my estimation, The Day the Revolution Began recalibrates a partially misaligned theology of the cross with something that creates more problems rather than less. Wright correctly sees the cross as part of a grand scheme of redemption that includes the story of Israel but wrongly rejects penal substitution, which is vital to that story. [Read more…] about Book Review of N.T. Wright’s The Day the Revolution Began

Filed Under: Books, Theology Tagged With: Atonement, N. T. Wright, Penal Substitution

Tom Wright and Tom Schreiner On the Cross

November 13, 2016 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Tom Wright and Tom Schreiner recently participated on a Christian radio called Unbelievable? They discuss Wright’s new book The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus’ Crucifixion, and they disagree somewhat sharply on how to emphasis the wrath of God and the idea of penal substitution in the Bible. To listen to the this fascinating discussion, click here.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Cross, N. T. Wright, Penal Substitution, Tom Schreiner

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Wyatt is the Executive Director of The Gospel Coalition Canada. He enjoys his family and writing. You'll generally find him hiding away somewhere with his nose in a book.

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